Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a distortion of the head toward one side; wryneck; torticollis.
- noun [capitalized] A genus of fringilline birds
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- noun crossbill
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Examples
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After I had studied over the latter for a time, I remarked that every species almost that came from distant regions, such as South America, the coast of Guinea, etc., were thick-billed birds of the _loxia_ and _fringilla_ genera; and no
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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A crossbill (_loxia curvirostra_) was killed last year in this neighbourhood.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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Three grossbeaks (_loxia coccothraustes_) appeared some years ago in my fields, in the winter; one of which I shot.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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